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cludge, cludgie, cludgy, cludjie, kludgie,
cludgie [ˈklʌdʒɪ]
n. col. A water-closet, a lavatory.
cliff, cluff,
cluff [S. SW. klʌf, klɪf]
n. A cuff or slap.
v. To cuff or slap.
cleef, cleuf, cliv, cliven, clivgeng, clivmett, cliv-mett, clivven, cloveging, clow, clowe, clowegang, clowgang, clowgeng, clufe, cluif, cluifgang, cluifie, cluifin, cluifmett, cluifs, klavi, klavie, kleevin, klevi, klevie, kliv, kliven, klivgeng, klivin, klovi, klovin, kløvin, klow,
cluif [EC. klyf, I.Sh. klɪv, kluf, I. klʌu]
also I.Ork. clowe [klʌu]
n. A hoof, usually cloven.
pl. cluifs
dim. cluifie I.Sh. a trampled footpath, a claw-hammer etc.
Compounds and phrases etc.
cluifgang, I.Ork. clowgang: The sound of hooves.
cluifin [I.Sh. klɪvən]: A cleft implement, tongs.
cluifmett [I.Sh. klɪvmɛt]: A cloven animal's footprint.
Cluin, Clune,
Cluin [klɪn]
pn. Clune (Aberdeenshire).
Auld_Cluits, clate, clates, cleet, cleets, cleety, clet, cleut, clit, clits, clitt, clitty, cloot, clootie, clootie-fisted, clootit, cloots, clooty, cloutie, cloutit, clouty, cluit, cluitie, cluitie-fistit, cluitit, cluits, cluity, clute, clutey, clutie, clutit, cluty, klut, klutz,
cluit [S. klyt, C. U. klɪt, U. klit & klɛt, klut]
n. One of the divisions in the hoof of cloven-footed animals. Sometimes used for the whole hoof. A cloven-footed animal. A rustic, a boorish country-man.
dim. cluitie The devil.
pl. cluits The devil.
cluitie, cluitit
adj. Cloven footed. Having hoofs. The devil.
Compounds and phrases etc.
cluitie-fistit: Left-handed.
Auld Cluits: The devil.
cou's cluits: S. The water avens Geum rivale.
clitter, cloiter, clouter, clowter, clowtter, cluiter, cluitter, clutter, clyter, kloiter,
cluiter [S. ˈklytər, C. ˈklɪtər, ˈklɔɪtər, MN. ˈkləitər, NN. ˈklʌtər]
n. A disgusting mass of any wet or sticky substance. A badly built heap of peats etc.
adv. With tawdry, dirty step, falling in to muddy water etc.
v. To be engaged in dirty and particularly wet work, to work in such conditions. To walk in a slovenly manner, especially in water or on muddy ground, to shuffle along.
clamp, clumf, clump, clumph, klump,
clump [klʌmp]
n. A clumsy mass. A heavy fellow, one who is inactive.
clumpse, glimse, klims, klimse, klums,
clumpse [I.Ork. klɪms, glɪms, I.Sh. klʌmps, kloms]
v. To render speechless, to silence.
clunk, clunkit, glounk, glownk, glunk, klunk,
clunk [klʌŋk, NN.b. glʌŋk, glʌuŋk, I.Ork. glʌŋk]
n. A hollow, gurgling sound made by liquid. The sound made in throat when a quantity of liquid is hastily swallowed. A large mouthful or a gulp of liquid.
v. To make a hollow gurgling noise as of liquid when poured from a bottle. With doun: to gulp down liquid quickly making a gurgling sound in the throat.
pt. pp. clunkit
clunkertoni, clunkertonie, clunkertony, klanker, klankertony, klanker-tony, klunker-tony, tonie, tony,
clunkertonie [NN.b., I.Ork. ˈklʌŋkərˈtoni]
n. The jelly-fish, medusa or seanettle.
dim. tonie
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